This
is one of my newest all-time-favorite paintings related to the nativity of
Christ, even though the actual crèche scene is not shown here.
It’s
so pretty. I love the colors. I love the delicate, but strong, posture of the
angel messenger. I love the expressive faces on the shepherds. I love the
sparkling shooting star overhead, marking the spot where the miracle of Heaven
arrived.
Can
you just imagine how they must have felt – and what they may have been thinking
– at that very moment? Have your ever seen an angel, visibly or in your own
ponderings? How does this one compare?
Annunciation to
the Shepherds, by Heinrich Vogeler, 1902
By
the way, “annunciation” is a fancy way of saying “announcement.” The word is
most often used to speak of the angel Gabriel’s appearance to the Virgin Mary
to announce her conception of God-initiated pregnancy with the Lord Jesus
Christ (see Luke 1:26-38). But the word may also be applied to the angelic
proclamation to the Bethlehem shepherds of the Lord’s birth.
Let’s just say it’s one of those long-time “churchy” words, and I’m glad I looked it up.
Let’s just say it’s one of those long-time “churchy” words, and I’m glad I looked it up.
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